Federal Government Speaks On Paying Ransom To Secure Kuriga Schoolchildren’s Release

The federal government has distanced itself from reports making rounds that ransom was paid to secure the release of 137 schoolchildren abducted from the Kuriga community, Chikun LGA in Kaduna state.

The minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, told State House correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to Idris, the federal government had vowed not to pay ransom to secure the release of abducted victims.

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